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☆ Police investigating after letter with white powder found at Donald Trump Jr.’s Florida home
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Alayna Treene | Kristen Holmes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Authorities are investigating after Donald Trump Jr. on Monday opened a letter with unidentified white powder at his Florida home. Trump Jr., a high-profile surrogate for his father’s presidential campaign, recently made headlines when he appeared as part of the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case. Trump, his brother Eric Trump, his father and two former Trump Organization officials have appealed the $464 million judgment entered against them. In 2018, Trump Jr.’s then-wife Vanessa Trump opened a letter addressed to Trump Jr. containing a suspicious substance, which the New York Police Department ultimately deemed nonhazardous. CNN’s Brynn Gingras, Sarah Jorgensen, Eli Watkins and Jack Forrest contributed to this report.

Persons: Donald Trump Jr, Andrew Surabian, ” Trump, Donald Trump, Kimberly Guilfoyle, USSS, Trump, Eric Trump, ’, Vanessa Trump, Brynn Gingras, Sarah Jorgensen, Eli Watkins, Jack Forrest Organizations: CNN — Authorities, Trump Jr, Sheriff’s Office, Daily, US, Service, New, Trump Organization, New York Police Department Locations: Florida, Jupiter , Florida, Beach, New York

☆ Donald Trump Jr.'s social media account on X is hacked, false tweets posted
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Donald Trump Jr. speaks on a phone during the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, March 2, 2023. One of Donald Trump Jr.'s social media accounts was hacked Wednesday and began sending out false tweets, his political advisor said. One of the posts from the X account of Trump Jr. falsely said his father, former President Donald Trump, had died, and that the younger Trump now was running for president. "Don's account has been hacked," Trump Jr.'s advisor Andrew Surabian wrote in an X post of his own. Trump Jr., with his brother Eric Trump, runs the family's company, the Trump Organization.

Persons: Donald Trump Jr, Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden, Andrew Surabian, Eric Trump Organizations: Conservative Political, Conference, Trump Jr, Twitter, Trump Organization Locations: National Harbor , Maryland

☆ Donald Trump Jr.'s X account was hacked, spokesman says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Washington CNN —A spokesman for former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Donald Trump Jr.’s account on X – the platform formerly known as Twitter – had been compromised after the account began sharing a series of unusual and erratic posts. “Don’s account has been hacked,” Andrew Surabian posted on X, adding that a post claiming the former president had died was “obviously not true.”In addition to falsely pronouncing the death of the senior Trump, the compromised account also claimed that Trump Jr. would be running for president himself. Within minutes, the post had been reshared more than 1,000 times on X and viewed hundreds of thousands of times. The incident raises fresh questions about X’s role in securing user accounts, particularly those belonging to high-profile political figures as the platform prepares for the 2024 elections. It is also unclear whether the compromise may have resulted in unauthorized access of Trump Jr.’s private direct messages, or whether Trump Jr. may have had two-factor authentication enabled on his account.

Persons: Washington CNN —, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Twitter –, Andrew Surabian, “, Trump, Joe Biden, X, Elon Musk, Peiter “ Mudge ” Zatko, Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, Biden, Musk Organizations: Washington CNN, Twitter, Trump, Trump Jr, Federal Trade Commission, CNN, Washington Post, Amazon Locations: North Korea

☆ Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner knew the 2020 election wasn't stolen and began to distance themselves before the results were even called, a new book says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Peter Baker | Susan Glasser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

In their new book, journalists, Peter Baker and Susan Glasser go behind the scenes of the Trump White House. As the 2020 election results came in, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump had already moved on, the book says. They had their own future to think about, one that would no longer involve the White House. While still in the White House, he began writing a memoir focused on Middle East peacemaking. "We either have a vote WE control and WEwin OR it gets kicked to Congress 6 January 2021," Don Jr. wrote.

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